Kevin Martin, Postmedia Network

Kevin Martin follows legal issues for the Calgary Sun - responsible for the day-to-day coverage of trials at the Calgary Court Centre, focusing primarily on criminal matters, as well as writing a column once ever two weeks on justice issues. Born in Montreal and spending his formative years in Ottawa, he's called Alberta home since 1984 and has been with the Calgary Sun, almost exclusively on the court beat, for more than a quarter century after receiving his journalism training at Algonquin College in Ottawa. His many years haunting Calgary's courtrooms give him a unique perspective on the law.

Relatives of Douglas Garland, charged
with
three counts of first-degree murder in
the
disappearances of a five-year-old boy
and his
grandparents, are expected to take the
stand
on the second day of what is expected
to be a
lengthy trial.